King, The Sloth Demon Slayer

The Girl

A brown hair boy slowly open his eyes as all he could feel was cold from the back of his body. When he fully open his eyes, he look straight up at the clouded sky where snow was falling on his face. He sat up and rub the back of his head, trying to remember who he was. 'My name is Harlequin, the king of the fairies. I also go by the name of King, but where am I and what happen to me?' King thought in his head. He stood up where his legs began wobbling and he fell to a tree.

He used the tree to help him stand as he tried to walk, but continue to trip on the snow. After what seem a couple of minutes, he got the hang of walking again. 'How long was I unconscious here?' King thought in his head as he didn't feel any ground underneath his feet anymore. He slip off a hill and he started rolling down the hill. He scream a bit as he fell and hit a tree straight on with his head. He sat on his knees as he began rubbing his head. "Ow" he said. 

"Woah, are you ok?" said a voice. King look behind him and saw two pair of feet. He slowly look up and saw a cute face with black hair. "Are you a goddess?" King said, still feeling the pain to his skull.

"I think you hit your head on this tree when you fell, I'll go get my brother" the girl said. She was about to leave when King said "Wait."

She stop and turn around. He slowly got up as he was using the tree as support. "I'm fine, I have felt way worse than that" he told her. She nodded her head and said "So, you must have a strong skull too."

"I guess you can say that, but do you have one?" King asked. "Nope, my brother and mother do. Their skulls can take on anything" the girl told him. King nodded and kept on walking. He stop and he turn around. "What's your name?" he asked. "My name is Nezuko Kamado, yours?" she asked. "King."

He kept on walking until he heard "If you want, you can meet my family." King stop and turn around. "You're just going to let a stranger meet your family?" King said. "I can tell you have a good heart" Nezuko said. King sigh and decided to follow her up the mountain. 'It's kind of weird that her family lives all the way up here in these mountains' King said in his head. 

When they got up there, a boy who look older than Nezuko walked up to them. "Nezuko you're back, it seems you brought a visitor" the boy said. Nezuko nodded her head and said "This is King, I found him on the ground after he hit a tree."

"Tanjiro Kamado, I'm Nezuko's older brother" Tanjiro said, as he gave his hand out. King took it and they shook hands. "Nezuko, mother needs you to go get groceries" Tanjiro told his little sister. Nezuko nodded her head and she started going down the mountain. King follow her and said "Your brother seems nice."

She nodded her head and said "Where do you live?"

King got nervous, shacking a little bit. He rub the back of his head and said "I'm actually just moving here. I don't really have a home."

"That's ok, I'm sure my mother would let you stay until you can get one" Nezuko said. King was surprise. He thought it was weird that these people he just met are acting so nice to him. "Why are you guys so nice to me, you just met me?" King asked. "Isn't it better to be nice to people than to be mean?" Nezuko asked him.

"I guess" King said, a little confuse about what was going on. King helped her with groceries and they went back up the mountain with the groceries. He notice that the houses in the village were different than the ones he knew from where he came from. 

When they got to the top, King was introduce to Nezuko's mother. "It's nice to see someone helping Nezuko. Yes, you can stay until you are able to get your own place."

"Thank you mam" King said before yawning. "I'm a little sleepy" he said as he went to his pockets and took out a green thing. He put it on the ground and it transformed into a pillow. He got on top of it and fell to sleep. The Kamado family just stare at him wondering how did he get that pillow out of his tiny pocket. 

The next couple of days King would help with the Kamado family with anything they needed. Even though he would be lazy sometimes, Nezuko would annoy him to get up. During his time helping them, he made a good connection with the two oldest children of the family. 

After a couple of months, King got his own home. He thanked the Kamado family, and still offer to help them(that's if he doesn't feel lazy.) Now he stay in his own house, using his pillow as a bed. "This pillow, it seems so familiar" he said to himself. He eventually fell asleep and was going to help the Kamado family for winter.

The next day, King was going up the mountain. He spotted Nezuko with her younger brother on her back. "Hey Nezuko" he said as he got up to her. "Hi King, I'm just taking care of my baby brother. You're here to help Tanjiro?" she asked.

"Yeah, today I didn't feel lazy" he told her. They went up the mountain and Tanjiro was already ready with the bag of coal on his back. "Hi Mrs. Kamado, I'm here to help Tanjiro" King said. "Oh thank you King for helping. Tanjiro would usually take his younger siblings, but he's not taking the cart today."

King felt a tug on his sleeve. He look down and saw it was one of Tanjiro and Nezuko's younger brothers. "When are you going to marry Nezuko?" he asked. King race went full red and he started shacking. "Marry Nezuko!? Aren't we still young, and I don't know if she even likes me like that!?" King said, as he was trying to not look like an idiot. 

"I think we should go, we're wasting time up here" Tanjiro said. King nodded and he took a bag of coal. They went down the hill and Tanjiro asked "So, would you marry my little sister?"

King felt nervous again and he said "Why is everyone talking about marriage all of a sudden?"

"Nezuko is the beauty of our village, any guy would be lucky to marry her. And you have my approval as her brother."

King felt embarrassed so he decided to change the topic. "So, winter is here? What are you getting for Christmas?" he asked. After selling the coal, the two friends were going up the mountains. "Wait, it's to dangerous to go up" said an old man. "The demons can get you."

'Demons?' King said in his head. Then the image of a blond boy showed up in his head. 'Who was that just a second ago' King thought in his head. "Demons?" Tanjiro asked confused. The man let them in, and explain about the demons.

They are creatures who only come out at night and kill people. "How come they don't come inside homes and kill everyone?" Tanjiro asked. "That's because there are those who protect us from those demons. They are known as Demon Slayers" the old man explained to them. The old man let Tanjiro and King stayed for the night, while King thought about that boy he just saw in his mind.

A/N: Another old story that I've had in my drafts for a long time. So glad to be releasing it, hope you'll enjoy this story.